hot check
(US, Texas) A check with non-sufficient funds (not enough money in the bank to back it up), written fraudulently.
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(US, Texas) A check with non-sufficient funds (not enough money in the bank to back it up), written fraudulently.
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- bill check61%
A quick assessment of someone's financial situation or spending behavior — are they actually about that money or just performing it? A bill check cuts through the flex to ask whether someone can back up their lifestyle with real funds. It can be applied to a person ('run a bill check on him before going into business together') or to a situation ('let me do a bill check before we book this trip'). In both cases it's about verifying that the resources match the energy before anyone gets caught short.
- kiting60%
(banking) The act of writing a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
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(US) Without checks (financial instruments); chequeless.
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(slang) To write a bad check.
- aight check58%
A casual verbal or mental confirmation that things are acceptable — not great, not terrible, just passing the basic bar. An aight check is the low-stakes audit of any situation, vibe, or plan where the only standard being applied is 'does this clear the minimum?'. You run an aight check before showing up to something you're not fully hyped about, or after a mediocre interaction where you need to confirm nobody's hurt and nobody's thriving.